Colombia’s Ministry of Communications and ICT has awarded 25MHz spectrum in the 1900MHz band. Tigo and Comcel were each awarded 5MHz in band A, whilst Telefonica Moviles won 5MHz in band D, and 10MHz in band E. The allocation was part of a government strategy to increase the resources available to telcos, allowing them to improve services. The auction raised USD79.8 million which will be split 50/50 between the ‘Vive Digital’ programme and network expansion into rural areas. ‘Vive Digital’ aims to increase the country’s broadband subscribers to 8.8 million by 2014. The ministry is planning to double the amount of spectrum that has been allocated. According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms database, in March 2011 Colombia had 2.8 million broadband customers. To reach its target, Colombia’s broadband market will have to grow by an average of 550,000 subscribers per quarter.
Subscribe
Subscribe to CommsUpdate to get the day’s top telecom headlines delivered to your email.
Browse Past Issues
Filter
Filter CommsUpdate by the following categories or use the search.
Search
Visit our help page information on performing advanced searches, including how to restrict the results by country or company.
Advertise
CommsUpdate is an outstanding advertising venue for companies seeking to reach:
- International carriers
- Wholesale service providers
- Equipment and software vendors
- Telecom investors
- Regulators